Box and Fiddle
Year 11 No 06
February 1988
Price 40p
8 pages
8 month subscription £4.60
Joint Editors – Tom Clark, 55 Sutherland Crescent, Dundee, DD2 2HP or Douglas Adamson, 22 Westfield Drive, Forfar, DD8 1EQ
B&F Treasurer – Mrs Cathy Andrew, 22 Lochinver Crescent, Foxbar, Paisley Tele 2824
The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
Happy Birthday
Our sincere good wishes and congratulations go out to Jimmy Shand on the occasion of his 80th birthday (28th January). Perhaps we should be wishing ourselves happy birthday also, because all of us owe so much to Jimmy’s efforts over more than half a century. The scene as we know it today has developed from the Shand beginnings. The instrumental make-up of Scottish Dance Bands, the system of playing the original tune followed by a different tune for each couple, and in some cases the actual instrument being played, all owe something to this remarkable man. Many happy returns Jimmy.
Musselburgh 1988
In a few weeks time we will all be preparing for the annual trek to Musselburgh. The Festival is gradually assuming the position of one of the most important dates of the year. This year’s event looks to be living up to the high standard set in past years by Norrie Williams and his team. The day always closes with a grand night at the dance, and with Bill Black’s Band on stage this year it should be as good as ever.
Association Weekend
Something else to be looking forward to is the Annual Gathering in the Station Hotel, Perth, at the end of June. Full details will be available for the next issue of the B&F.
Tom Clark
Bass Player Extraordinaire
By Tom Clark
For most people who have been involved in the Dance Band scene over the years, the name of Dave Barclay has always been synonymous with all that is best in bass playing. Dave is another of that fine breed of musicians who was around in the early days and is still very much involved today, being heard regularly with various bands. Dave, of course, was a regular member of the famous Powrie sound, but his musical experience and training spans a very broad coverage of most types and styles of music. Dave is a very busy man but I eventually managed to track him down.
“A native of Brechin, I began violin lessons at the age of ten with the visiting school’ music instructor and progressed to private tuition while at Brechin high School. On leaving school to work in a local accountant’s office I traveled to Dundee two evenings a week to study harmony and counterpoint with Henry Kerby L.T.C.L., A.R.C.M., who had his studios above Methven Simpson’s Music Shop in Reform Street.
Around this time in the early fifties I laid aside the fiddle and began playing double bass, initially being self-taught on bass technique due to the lack of instructors at the time.
I began working with local modern bands in and around Brechin and meantime my brother Raymond turned professional on piano, first with Dave Phin at Dunblane Hydro and then at The Empress Ballroom, Dundee. This resident band at The Empress had two very good bass players during his stay and I had regular tuition from both on bass technique, with special emphasis on bowing. The owners of The Empress had a policy of booking the big name bands frequently and it was an education to go and hear some of the finest bass players in the country with the bands of Dankworth, Ted Heath, Jack Parnell, etc. My introduction to the Scottish music scene was really unintentional – having been asked by Lindsay Ross to play on his second BBC broadcast. This led to several years’ playing on the dance circuit with Lindsay and a nine month period in 1955 with Jack Forsyth’s Band.
In 1957 I left the Scottish music business and joined the resident band in The Locarno Ballroom, Montrose – playing four or five nights a week. The proprietor, Mr Fortunato, a fine vocalist and alto saxophone player, kept really up to date with his music – always giving the band the current hit tunes as well as some of the great standards. I spent a very enjoyable and educational two years with this band – the sight-reading proved to be invaluable in the years to come. Incidentally, this band had two very fine drummers during my stay – Stan Gorman, who later joined the BBC Midland Orchestra, and Bobby Kerr, who was for many years percussionist with the SNO and now owns The Drum Shop in Glasgow. In 1959 I rejoined Lindsay’s Band and moved to Friockheim, having just married Lindsay’s sister, Marjorie, who was on piano with the band.
In early ’61 I was asked by Ian Powrie to join his band – they having just started doing The White Heather Club television shows, thus beginning an association with Andy Stewart leading to a very heavy work schedule for the band including two long seasons in the Glasgow Empire, Scottish tours, television and radio, plus two tours of Australia and New Zealand as well as the band’s commitments on the dance circuit.
When Ian disbanded in the mid-sixties to leave for Australia, Jimmy Blue carried on with the band retaining most of the original members including myself, and still continuing the busy schedule with Andy Stewart, which included several series of Scotch Corner for Scottish Television and successful summer seasons in H.M. Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr and Blackpool.
These long sessions of stage shows were gratifying for me as I did the pit orchestra work as well as the Scottish Band spot on stage.
I found this orchestra work good experience, playing under such musical directors as George Michie, Pat McCann, Arthur Blake and Alex Sutherland.
When Jimmy Blue gave up playing professionally in the seventies I continued to play for Andy Stewart on a freelance basis. This period of the 70s and early 80s was a prolific time for musical television shows. As well as Scotch Corner I was involved at Scottish Television in a series of Dateline, The Melody Lingers On and Showcase with Arthur Blake, Hear Hear with Mark Simpson and Sounds Gaelic and Shindig with John Carmichael.
At Grampian Television there were two series of At Home with Kenneth McKellar with MD Alex Sutherland, six series of 13 shows of Welcome to the Ceilidh with Hebbie Gray’s Band, and a few series of Andy’s Party with Andy Stewart.
The main feature of a career in the music business has been a long and happy association with Andy Stewart – first with Ian Powrie, then Jimmy Blue, and from the mid-70s as a freelance musician until Andy curtailed his workload in 1983. Among the highlights of these many engagements with Andy would certainly be four very enjoyable tours of Australia and New Zealand.
Current trends seem to favour not using bass players at dance gigs, relying on amplified keyboards and accordion left hand for a bass sound. This is no doubt due to economic necessity but is very unfortunate for the young bass players who, in spite of having good tuition nowadays, don’t have the opportunity to go ‘on the road’ with a band – an experience which I and my contemporaries wouldn’t have missed for anything.”
I think that most bandsmen would echo Dave’s sentiments as far as a bass player is concerned.
In the old days every band carried a bass player regularly, in the halls as well as for broadcasting. Transport always included accommodation for the bass. Electronic keyboards and accordion left land don’t really substitute adequately for the double bass, but perhaps things may change again at some point in the future.
Meantime we have to be content with the sound of a double bass during broadcasts or at some clubs. Dave is still very much in demand and is also very busy running an antique business with his wife Marjorie in Friockheim.
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Dee Motel) – 23rd Feb 88 – Craig McCallum SDB
Alnwick (Fleece Inn) – members only – 10th Feb 88 – Carol Bann
Armadale (Masonic Arms Hotel) –
Ayr (Gartferry Hotel) – 7th Feb 88 – Robert Black SDB
Balloch (Bell Centre, Dumbarton) – 21st Feb 88 – Billy McGuire
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) –
Banff & District (Royal Oak Hotel) –
Beith & District (Hotel de Croft, Dalry) –
Belford (Community Club) –
Biggar (Clydesdale Hotel) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 9th Feb 88 – Bill Black SDB
Bridge of Allan (Walmer Hotel) -
Buchan (Buchaness Hotel) –
Button Key (Windygates Institute) –
Callander (Glengarry Hotel) –
Campbeltown (Royal Hotel) –
Castle Douglas (Ernespie Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Ian Holmes & Kenny Wilson
Coupar Angus (Royal Hotel) –
Crieff & District (Drummond Arms Hotel) –
Dalriada (Royal Hotel, Lochgilphead) –
Derwentside (Working Men’s Club, Consett) –
Dingwall (venue? ) –
Dunblane (Westlands Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Alan Gardiner SDB
Dundee (The Marquee) – 4th Feb 88 – Bill Black SDB
Dunfermline (Northern Roadhouse) –
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel) 12th Feb 88 – Colin Campbell’s HCB
East Kilbride (King’s Park Hotel, Rutherglen) – 25th Feb 88 – Jimmy Yeaman & the Kelvin C.B.
Edinburgh (Abbey Suite, Abbey Lane) –
Ellon (Ladbroke Hotel) –
Falkirk (Park Hotel) –
Fintry (Clachan Hotel) –
Forres (Brig Motel) – 10th Feb 88 – Walter Rutherford SDB
Fort William (Cruchan Hotel) – 8th Feb 88 – Robert MacLeod Quartet
Galashiels (Maxwell Hotel) –
Galston (Theo’s Restaurant, Galston) –
Glendale (Black Bull Hotel – Wooler) –
Gorebridge (Rangers FC Social Club) –
Highland (Drumossie Hotel) – 15th Feb 88 – Alistair Hunter
Islesteps (Driveway Inn) –
Kelso (Ednam House Hotel) –
Kintore (Crown Hotel) –
Langholm (Crown Hotel) –
Lesmahagow (Masonic Hall) – 11th Feb 88 – Ian Muir Trio
Livingston (Golden Circle Hotel, Bathgate) 16th Feb 88 – Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Lockerbie (Bluebell Hotel) - 12th Feb 88 – Dance to Bill Black SDB
Mauchline (The Jean Armour Restaurant) – 16th Feb 88 – Alex MacArthur SDB
M.A.F.I.A. (Masonic Hall, Milngavie) –
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
New Cumnock (Crown Hotel) –
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) –
Newton St Boswells (Railway Hotel) –
North Cumbria (Golden Fleece, Ruleholme) (prev called Gretna Club) – 17th Feb 88 – Lothian SDB
North East (Seafield Hotel, Keith) – 2nd Feb 88 – Bruce Lindsay & Friends
Oban (Park Hotel) –
Orkney ( venue?) –
Ormiston (Miners’ Welfare Social Club) – 18th Feb 88 – Tommy Ford
Peebles (Countryside Inn) – 25th Feb 88 – Jim Brown
Perth (Station Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Aberdeen A&F Club
Premier NI (Camlin function Rooms) -
Renfrew (Masonic Hall) – 9th Feb 88 – Gordon Pattullo
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) -
Shetland (venue?) -
Stranraer (Railway Club) –
Thornhill (?)
Thurso (McKay’s Hotel) –
Turriff (Royal Oak Hotel) – 4th Feb 88 – Macduff S&R Society
Tynedale (The Royal Hotel, Hexham) –
Wick (McKay’s Hotel) –
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Alnwick
3. Ayr
4. Balloch
5. Banchory
6. Banff & District
7. Blairgowrie
8 Button Key
9. Callander
10. Castle Douglas
11. Dingwall & District
12. Dunblane & District
13. Dunoon & Cowal
14. Forres
15. Fort William
16. Galston
17. Islesteps
18. Kelso
19. Lesmahagow
20. Livingston
21. Lockerbie
22. Mauchline
23. North Cumbria
24. Peebles
25. Perth
26. Renfrew
27. Rothbury
28. Shetland
29. Sutherland
30. Thurso
31. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT SEPT 1987 (Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Sept 1976)
3. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months)
4. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition)
5. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue)
6. Banchory A&F Club (1978)
7. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973)
8. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition)
9. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
10. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974)
11. Buchan A&F Club
12. Button Key A&F Club (
13. Callander A&F Club (
14. Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
15. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980)
16. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
17. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
18. Derwentside A&F Club
19. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
20. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971)
21. Dundee & District A&F Club
22. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
23. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
24. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980)
25. Ellon A&F Club (
26. Fintry A&F Club
27. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
28. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
29. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
30. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
31. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
32. Highland A&F Club (Inverness)
33. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981)
34. Isle of Skye A&F Club (
35. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976)
36. Kintore A&F Club
37. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967)
38. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
39. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – per first edition)
40. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973)
41. M.A.F.I.A. (early)
42. Mauchline A&F Club (first mention 1986?)
43. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
44. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1979)
45. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
46. North Cumbria A&F Club (originally Gretna started June 1966 – had to move to a venue in the North of England and changed name – eventually changed back when they returned to the Halcrow Stadium. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
47. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971)
48. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975)
49. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978)
50. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club
51. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981)
52. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970)
53. Premier A&F Club NI (cNov 1980)
54. Rothbury Accordion Club (1987??)
55. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978)
56. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
57. Sutherland A&F Club (
58. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition)
59. Thurso A&F Club (cSept 1981)
60. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982)
61. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980)
62. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
63. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
64. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
65. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
66. Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
67. Club Accord
68. Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2?)
69. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
70. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
71. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
72. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
73. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
74. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
75. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
76. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
77. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
78. Gretna A&F Club (June 1966)
79. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
80. Kinlochsheil A&F Club (
81. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
82. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
83. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
84. Newcastleton Accordion Club
85. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
86. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
87. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
88. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
89. Wellbank A&F Club
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The main features in the above issue were as follows (this is not a comprehensive detail of all it contained. The Club reports, in particular, are too time consuming at this stage to retype).
Editorial
Happy Birthday
Our sincere good wishes and congratulations go out to Jimmy Shand on the occasion of his 80th birthday (28th January). Perhaps we should be wishing ourselves happy birthday also, because all of us owe so much to Jimmy’s efforts over more than half a century. The scene as we know it today has developed from the Shand beginnings. The instrumental make-up of Scottish Dance Bands, the system of playing the original tune followed by a different tune for each couple, and in some cases the actual instrument being played, all owe something to this remarkable man. Many happy returns Jimmy.
Musselburgh 1988
In a few weeks time we will all be preparing for the annual trek to Musselburgh. The Festival is gradually assuming the position of one of the most important dates of the year. This year’s event looks to be living up to the high standard set in past years by Norrie Williams and his team. The day always closes with a grand night at the dance, and with Bill Black’s Band on stage this year it should be as good as ever.
Association Weekend
Something else to be looking forward to is the Annual Gathering in the Station Hotel, Perth, at the end of June. Full details will be available for the next issue of the B&F.
Tom Clark
Bass Player Extraordinaire
By Tom Clark
For most people who have been involved in the Dance Band scene over the years, the name of Dave Barclay has always been synonymous with all that is best in bass playing. Dave is another of that fine breed of musicians who was around in the early days and is still very much involved today, being heard regularly with various bands. Dave, of course, was a regular member of the famous Powrie sound, but his musical experience and training spans a very broad coverage of most types and styles of music. Dave is a very busy man but I eventually managed to track him down.
“A native of Brechin, I began violin lessons at the age of ten with the visiting school’ music instructor and progressed to private tuition while at Brechin high School. On leaving school to work in a local accountant’s office I traveled to Dundee two evenings a week to study harmony and counterpoint with Henry Kerby L.T.C.L., A.R.C.M., who had his studios above Methven Simpson’s Music Shop in Reform Street.
Around this time in the early fifties I laid aside the fiddle and began playing double bass, initially being self-taught on bass technique due to the lack of instructors at the time.
I began working with local modern bands in and around Brechin and meantime my brother Raymond turned professional on piano, first with Dave Phin at Dunblane Hydro and then at The Empress Ballroom, Dundee. This resident band at The Empress had two very good bass players during his stay and I had regular tuition from both on bass technique, with special emphasis on bowing. The owners of The Empress had a policy of booking the big name bands frequently and it was an education to go and hear some of the finest bass players in the country with the bands of Dankworth, Ted Heath, Jack Parnell, etc. My introduction to the Scottish music scene was really unintentional – having been asked by Lindsay Ross to play on his second BBC broadcast. This led to several years’ playing on the dance circuit with Lindsay and a nine month period in 1955 with Jack Forsyth’s Band.
In 1957 I left the Scottish music business and joined the resident band in The Locarno Ballroom, Montrose – playing four or five nights a week. The proprietor, Mr Fortunato, a fine vocalist and alto saxophone player, kept really up to date with his music – always giving the band the current hit tunes as well as some of the great standards. I spent a very enjoyable and educational two years with this band – the sight-reading proved to be invaluable in the years to come. Incidentally, this band had two very fine drummers during my stay – Stan Gorman, who later joined the BBC Midland Orchestra, and Bobby Kerr, who was for many years percussionist with the SNO and now owns The Drum Shop in Glasgow. In 1959 I rejoined Lindsay’s Band and moved to Friockheim, having just married Lindsay’s sister, Marjorie, who was on piano with the band.
In early ’61 I was asked by Ian Powrie to join his band – they having just started doing The White Heather Club television shows, thus beginning an association with Andy Stewart leading to a very heavy work schedule for the band including two long seasons in the Glasgow Empire, Scottish tours, television and radio, plus two tours of Australia and New Zealand as well as the band’s commitments on the dance circuit.
When Ian disbanded in the mid-sixties to leave for Australia, Jimmy Blue carried on with the band retaining most of the original members including myself, and still continuing the busy schedule with Andy Stewart, which included several series of Scotch Corner for Scottish Television and successful summer seasons in H.M. Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayr and Blackpool.
These long sessions of stage shows were gratifying for me as I did the pit orchestra work as well as the Scottish Band spot on stage.
I found this orchestra work good experience, playing under such musical directors as George Michie, Pat McCann, Arthur Blake and Alex Sutherland.
When Jimmy Blue gave up playing professionally in the seventies I continued to play for Andy Stewart on a freelance basis. This period of the 70s and early 80s was a prolific time for musical television shows. As well as Scotch Corner I was involved at Scottish Television in a series of Dateline, The Melody Lingers On and Showcase with Arthur Blake, Hear Hear with Mark Simpson and Sounds Gaelic and Shindig with John Carmichael.
At Grampian Television there were two series of At Home with Kenneth McKellar with MD Alex Sutherland, six series of 13 shows of Welcome to the Ceilidh with Hebbie Gray’s Band, and a few series of Andy’s Party with Andy Stewart.
The main feature of a career in the music business has been a long and happy association with Andy Stewart – first with Ian Powrie, then Jimmy Blue, and from the mid-70s as a freelance musician until Andy curtailed his workload in 1983. Among the highlights of these many engagements with Andy would certainly be four very enjoyable tours of Australia and New Zealand.
Current trends seem to favour not using bass players at dance gigs, relying on amplified keyboards and accordion left hand for a bass sound. This is no doubt due to economic necessity but is very unfortunate for the young bass players who, in spite of having good tuition nowadays, don’t have the opportunity to go ‘on the road’ with a band – an experience which I and my contemporaries wouldn’t have missed for anything.”
I think that most bandsmen would echo Dave’s sentiments as far as a bass player is concerned.
In the old days every band carried a bass player regularly, in the halls as well as for broadcasting. Transport always included accommodation for the bass. Electronic keyboards and accordion left land don’t really substitute adequately for the double bass, but perhaps things may change again at some point in the future.
Meantime we have to be content with the sound of a double bass during broadcasts or at some clubs. Dave is still very much in demand and is also very busy running an antique business with his wife Marjorie in Friockheim.
CLUB DIARY
Aberdeen (Dee Motel) – 23rd Feb 88 – Craig McCallum SDB
Alnwick (Fleece Inn) – members only – 10th Feb 88 – Carol Bann
Armadale (Masonic Arms Hotel) –
Ayr (Gartferry Hotel) – 7th Feb 88 – Robert Black SDB
Balloch (Bell Centre, Dumbarton) – 21st Feb 88 – Billy McGuire
Banchory (Burnett Arms Hotel) –
Banff & District (Royal Oak Hotel) –
Beith & District (Hotel de Croft, Dalry) –
Belford (Community Club) –
Biggar (Clydesdale Hotel) –
Blairgowrie (Moorfield Hotel) - 9th Feb 88 – Bill Black SDB
Bridge of Allan (Walmer Hotel) -
Buchan (Buchaness Hotel) –
Button Key (Windygates Institute) –
Callander (Glengarry Hotel) –
Campbeltown (Royal Hotel) –
Castle Douglas (Ernespie Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Ian Holmes & Kenny Wilson
Coupar Angus (Royal Hotel) –
Crieff & District (Drummond Arms Hotel) –
Dalriada (Royal Hotel, Lochgilphead) –
Derwentside (Working Men’s Club, Consett) –
Dingwall (venue? ) –
Dunblane (Westlands Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Alan Gardiner SDB
Dundee (The Marquee) – 4th Feb 88 – Bill Black SDB
Dunfermline (Northern Roadhouse) –
Dunoon & Cowal (McColl’s Hotel) 12th Feb 88 – Colin Campbell’s HCB
East Kilbride (King’s Park Hotel, Rutherglen) – 25th Feb 88 – Jimmy Yeaman & the Kelvin C.B.
Edinburgh (Abbey Suite, Abbey Lane) –
Ellon (Ladbroke Hotel) –
Falkirk (Park Hotel) –
Fintry (Clachan Hotel) –
Forres (Brig Motel) – 10th Feb 88 – Walter Rutherford SDB
Fort William (Cruchan Hotel) – 8th Feb 88 – Robert MacLeod Quartet
Galashiels (Maxwell Hotel) –
Galston (Theo’s Restaurant, Galston) –
Glendale (Black Bull Hotel – Wooler) –
Gorebridge (Rangers FC Social Club) –
Highland (Drumossie Hotel) – 15th Feb 88 – Alistair Hunter
Islesteps (Driveway Inn) –
Kelso (Ednam House Hotel) –
Kintore (Crown Hotel) –
Langholm (Crown Hotel) –
Lesmahagow (Masonic Hall) – 11th Feb 88 – Ian Muir Trio
Livingston (Golden Circle Hotel, Bathgate) 16th Feb 88 – Kelvin Ceilidh Band
Lockerbie (Bluebell Hotel) - 12th Feb 88 – Dance to Bill Black SDB
Mauchline (The Jean Armour Restaurant) – 16th Feb 88 – Alex MacArthur SDB
M.A.F.I.A. (Masonic Hall, Milngavie) –
Montrose (Park Hotel) –
New Cumnock (Crown Hotel) –
Newtongrange (Dean Tavern) –
Newton St Boswells (Railway Hotel) –
North Cumbria (Golden Fleece, Ruleholme) (prev called Gretna Club) – 17th Feb 88 – Lothian SDB
North East (Seafield Hotel, Keith) – 2nd Feb 88 – Bruce Lindsay & Friends
Oban (Park Hotel) –
Orkney ( venue?) –
Ormiston (Miners’ Welfare Social Club) – 18th Feb 88 – Tommy Ford
Peebles (Countryside Inn) – 25th Feb 88 – Jim Brown
Perth (Station Hotel) – 16th Feb 88 – Aberdeen A&F Club
Premier NI (Camlin function Rooms) -
Renfrew (Masonic Hall) – 9th Feb 88 – Gordon Pattullo
Rothbury (Queen’s Head Hotel) -
Shetland (venue?) -
Stranraer (Railway Club) –
Thornhill (?)
Thurso (McKay’s Hotel) –
Turriff (Royal Oak Hotel) – 4th Feb 88 – Macduff S&R Society
Tynedale (The Royal Hotel, Hexham) –
Wick (McKay’s Hotel) –
THERE WERE CLUB REPORTS FROM :-
1. Aberdeen
2. Alnwick
3. Ayr
4. Balloch
5. Banchory
6. Banff & District
7. Blairgowrie
8 Button Key
9. Callander
10. Castle Douglas
11. Dingwall & District
12. Dunblane & District
13. Dunoon & Cowal
14. Forres
15. Fort William
16. Galston
17. Islesteps
18. Kelso
19. Lesmahagow
20. Livingston
21. Lockerbie
22. Mauchline
23. North Cumbria
24. Peebles
25. Perth
26. Renfrew
27. Rothbury
28. Shetland
29. Sutherland
30. Thurso
31. Wick
CLUB DIRECTORY AS AT SEPT 1987 (Clubs didn’t necessarily notify the Assoc when they closed so the following may not be entirely correct. Only the clubs submitting the reports above were definitely open.)
1. Aberdeen A&F Club (1975)
2. Alnwick A&F Club (Sept 1976)
3. Armadale A&F Club (Oct 1978? or 80) originally called Bathgate Club (for 2 months)
4. Ayr A&F Club (Nov 1983 – per Nov 83 edition)
5. Balloch A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per January 1978 issue)
6. Banchory A&F Club (1978)
7. Banff & District A&F Club (Oct 1973)
8. Beith & District A&F Club (Sept 1972 – per first edition)
9. Belford A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
10. Biggar A&F Club (Oct 1974)
11. Buchan A&F Club
12. Button Key A&F Club (
13. Callander A&F Club (
14. Campbeltown & District A&F Club (c Dec 1980)
15. Castle Douglas A&F Club (c Sept 1980)
16. Crieff A&F Club (cSept 1981)
17. Dalriada A&F Club (Feb 1981)
18. Derwentside A&F Club
19. Dingwall & District A&F Club (May 1979 – per first report)
20. Dunblane & District A&F Club (1971)
21. Dundee & District A&F Club
22. Dunfermline & District A&F Club (1974 – per first edition)
23. Dunoon & Cowal A&F Club (
24. East Kilbride A&F Club (Sept 1980)
25. Ellon A&F Club (
26. Fintry A&F Club
27. Forres A&F Club (Jan 1978)
28. Fort William A&F Club (21st Oct 1980 – per Dec 1980 B&F)
29. Galashiels A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
30. Galston A&F Club (Oct 1969 – per first edition – closed March 2006)
31. Glendale Accordion Club (Jan 1973)
32. Highland A&F Club (Inverness)
33. Islesteps A&F Club (Jan 1981)
34. Isle of Skye A&F Club (
35. Kelso A&F Club (May 1976)
36. Kintore A&F Club
37. Langholm A&F Club (Oct 1967)
38. Lesmahagow A&F Club (Nov 1979 – closed May 2005)
39. Livingston A&F Club (Sept 1973 – per first edition)
40. Lockerbie A&F Club (Nov 1973)
41. M.A.F.I.A. (early)
42. Mauchline A&F Club (first mention 1986?)
43. Montrose A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
44. Newtongrange A&F Club (joined Sept 1979)
45. Newton St Boswells Accordion Club (17th Oct 1972 see Apr 1984 obituary for Angus Park)
46. North Cumbria A&F Club (originally Gretna started June 1966 – had to move to a venue in the North of England and changed name – eventually changed back when they returned to the Halcrow Stadium. No breaks in the continuity of the Club)
47. North East A&F Club aka Keith A&FC (Sept 1971)
48. Oban A&F Club (Nov 1975)
49. Orkney A&F Club (Mar 1978)
50. Ormiston Miners’ Welfare Society A&F Club
51. Peebles A&F Club (26 Nov 1981)
52. Perth & District A&F Club (Aug 1970)
53. Premier A&F Club NI (cNov 1980)
54. Rothbury Accordion Club (1987??)
55. Shetland A&F Club (Sept 1978)
56. Stranraer & District Accordion Club (1974 – per first edition)
57. Sutherland A&F Club (
58. Thornhill A&F Club (joined Oct 1983 – see Nov 83 edition)
59. Thurso A&F Club (cSept 1981)
60. Turriff A&F Club (March 1982)
61. Tynedale A&F Club (Nov 1980)
62. Walmer (Bridge of Allan) A&F Club
63. Wick A&F Club (Oct 1975)
Not on official list at the start of the season (closed, did not renew membership or omitted in error?)
64. Bonchester Accordion Club (Closed?)
65. Bridge of Allan (Walmer) A&F Club (Walmer Hotel, Bridge of Allan) (c March 1982)
66. Cleland (cNov 1981 – March 1985) originally called Drumpellier A&F Club (for 2 months)
67. Club Accord
68. Coquetdale A&F Club (Feb 1974 or c1976/77 – 1981/2?)
69. Coupar Angus A&F Club (cSept 1978 - ?)
70. Cumnock A&F Club (October 1976 - forced to close cDec 1982 - see Jan 83 Editorial)
71. Denny & Dunipace A&F Club (Feb 1981)
72. Dornoch A&F Club (first mention in directory 1986)
73. Dumfries Accordion Club (Oughtons) (April 1965 at the Hole in the Wa’)
74. Dunbar Cement Works A&F Club (Closed?)
75. Edinburgh A&F Club (Apr 1981) prev called Chrissie Leatham A&F Club (Oct 1980)
76. Falkirk A&F Club (Sept 1978 - )
77. Gorebridge (cNov 1981) originally called Arniston A&F Club (for 2 months)
78. Gretna A&F Club (June 1966)
79. Greenhead Accordion Club (on the A69 between Brampton and Haltwistle)
80. Kinlochsheil A&F Club (
81. Kirriemuir A&F Club (cSept 1981)
82. Monklands A&F Club (Nov 1978 – closed cApril 1983)
83. Morecambe A&F Club (joined Sept 1982)
84. Newcastleton Accordion Club
85. New Cumnock A&F Club (cMarch 1979)
86. Renfrew A&F Club (original club 1974/5 lapsed after a few years then again in 1984)
87. Straiton Accordion Club (c1968 – closed March 1979)
88. Torthorwald A&F Club (near Dumfries)
89. Wellbank A&F Club
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